Home Care and Healthcare Staffing in Salford

Salford • Greater Manchester

Trusted care and staffing across Salford

Protocol Healthcare Services works with families and care providers right across Salford and the wider Greater Manchester area. For families we arrange home care that helps a loved one stay safe and independent at home, from a short daily visit through to full live-in support. For care providers we supply qualified nurses, carers and support workers, drawing on more than ten years of experience matching the right people to the right settings.

We are honest about where we are based. Our offices are in the South of England, in Edgware and Bournemouth, so we do not run a branch in Salford itself. As an REC-affiliated healthcare staffing agency, though, our staffing reach is genuinely national, and we coordinate care and place vetted professionals in Salford the same way we do everywhere we work, with enhanced DBS and right to work checks, references and training completed before anyone starts, and a consultant on hand around the clock.

Home care we arrange in Salford

• ✓ Live-in care for round the clock support
• ✓ Hourly visiting care from 30 minute calls
• ✓ Personal care, washing and dressing
• ✓ Medication support and prompting
• ✓ Dementia, Parkinson's and complex care
• ✓ Respite and emergency cover
• ✓ Private nursing at home
• ✓ Companionship and help getting out and about

Local knowledge across Salford

Salford sits at the heart of Greater Manchester, just west of the River Irwell from Manchester city centre, and it is far more than a single town. The city takes in a string of distinctive communities, from Eccles, Swinton and Walkden to Pendlebury, Ordsall, Pendleton, Worsley and Broughton, along with Irlam and Kersal further out. Care needs vary just as much across these areas, from the redeveloped waterside apartments around Salford Quays and MediaCityUK to the older terraced streets of Weaste and Seedley and the more suburban roads of Worsley, so we tailor support to the person and the place rather than offering a one size fits all service.

Most of Salford falls within the M postcode area, covering M5 and M6 around Pendleton and Ordsall, M7 in Broughton and Kersal, M27 in Swinton and Pendlebury, M28 in Walkden and Worsley, M30 in Eccles and M44 out towards Irlam. Wherever you are in the city, we can talk through the right level of support and how soon a Care Professional could begin.

We regularly support people returning home after a stay at Salford Royal Hospital on Stott Lane, part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, which runs many of the area's hospital and community services. The first weeks back at home matter, so we help with medication routines, mobility and rehabilitation support and stay in close contact with families and community teams. The Lowry and the wider Salford Quays waterfront are a short trip away, and gentle outings like these are often part of the companionship we build into a care plan.

Adult social care in the city is overseen by Salford City Council, which brought its adult social care service back under direct council leadership after a period of being run through an integrated NHS arrangement. If you think a relative may qualify for help with funding, you can ask the council for a free care needs assessment, followed by a financial assessment. Many families we work with self-fund their care, and we are always happy to explain how the different routes work. You can read more on our paying for care guide.

Staffing for care providers in Salford

Care homes, supported living services, hospitals and community teams across Salford rely on dependable staffing, and that is where our staffing side comes in. We supply NMC-registered nurses and midwives, support workers, mental health professionals and learning disability specialists, from a single shift to a fully managed rota and permanent placements. Every professional is vetted to the same high standard, so you get reliable cover without the compliance headache. You can see the full range of roles we cover on our staffing services page.

Areas of Salford we cover

We arrange home care and supply care staff across the city and the wider Greater Manchester area, including:

• Eccles
• Swinton
• Walkden
• Pendlebury
• Ordsall
• Pendleton
• Worsley
• Broughton
• Irlam
• Kersal
• Weaste
• Seedley